C. 1930s Western Electric Rotary Phone in Old White Paint, Ashland 4-5111 circus animal including losing the patterned roof

including losing the patterned roof and blue steeple that contribute to making this painting so striking

representing a quote from Isaiah 43:2 (When thou passest through the waters

Boman in Stockholm I believe (which also made a great deck of cards for a game called “Kille”)

Made of chalkware

one tiny loss to the top layer of one corner

C. 1930s Western Electric Rotary Phone in Old White Paint, Ashland 4-5111 circus animal including losing the patterned roofNot just a great looking old phone, delivering all of the pleasures of rotary dialing, but this early model Western Electric was also given a custom paint job long ago and nothing better to my eye than old creamy white paint. And with original alphanumeric number at the center of the dial: AS(hland) 4 5111, I believe for Ashland, MA reminding one that phones were once linked to specific places! These Western Electric phones were the first widely